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As Chinese military exercises, US lawmaker pledges training for Taiwan

A senior U.S. lawmaker pledged on Saturday to help provide training for Taiwan's armed force and to speed up the delivery of weapons, as China began three days of military exercises around the island Beijing claims as its territory.

Reuters

The Taiwan Strait -- a history of crises

Taipei (AFP) - Ever since Communist China and Taiwan broke away from each other at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the waterway separating them has been a geopolitical flashpoint.

AFP

China Warship Starts Live-fire Drills Near Taiwan

A Chinese warship in seas facing the Taiwan Strait began live-fire drills on Saturday as Beijing began military exercises it calls a warning against what it considers pro-Taiwan independence forces. The amphibious landing ship - capable of transporting troops, craft and vehicles - fired multiple rounds of artillery on Saturday…

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China launches three days of military drills around Taiwan

China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island's government following a meeting between its president and the US House speaker.

France 24

China announces 'combat readiness patrols' around Taiwan

The Chinese military says it has launched exercises around Taiwan in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory

The Independent UK

China ‘war games’ encircle Taiwan with massive naval force

China has begun three days of naval exercises around Taiwan are meant to express anger at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's US visit

The New Daily

China launches three days of military drills in Taiwan Strait

Beijing (AFP) - China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it called a "stern warning" to the self-ruled island's government following a meeting between its president and the US House speaker.

AFP

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China begins military drills around Taiwan after Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US Speaker

China begins three days of military exercises around Taiwan to express anger at President Tsai Ing-wen's trip to the United States, with the island reporting 71 Chinese planes and nine ships crossed the Taiwan Strait on Saturday.

ABC News

China begins three days of military drills in Taiwan Strait

PLA announces exercises amid Chinese anger over meeting between Taiwan’s President and US House Speaker.

Al Jazeera

Chinese planes cross Taiwan Strait median line as angry China starts drills

Seventy-one Chinese military aircraft crossed the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday as China began drills around Taiwan in anger at President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Reuters

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China hits back at Tsai trip with military drills, sanctions

China hit back over Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s visits to the United States by announcing live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait and leveling largely symbolic sanctions on the venue that hosted her in California.

Tribune News Service

Taiwan ‘won’t be stopped’ from engaging with world

Taiwan will not yield to suppression or stop engaging with the world, a defiant President Tsai Ing-wen says after returning from the US.

The New Daily

Taiwan Won’t Be Stopped from Engaging with World, President Says

Taiwan will not be stopped from engaging with the world and will not give in to pressure, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday as she arrived back from a trip to Central America and United States, where she met US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. China, which claims democratically governed Taiwan…

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China hits back at Tsai trip by sanctioning Reagan Library

China hit back over Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s visits to the U.S. by leveling largely symbolic sanctions on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, other organizations and a key envoy.

The Guardian - AU

Taiwan president’s meeting with US speaker divides opinion at home

While Tsai Ing-wen was visiting the US, her predecessor was in Beijing on a mission to bolster cross-strait relations

Reuters

Taiwan won't be stopped from engaging with world, president says

The Independent UK

China announces new sanctions against US after Taiwan president meets House speaker

Taiwan says sanctions ‘deepen our people’s antipathy’ and ‘expose irrational and absurd nature of communist regime’

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Beijing Slaps More Sanctions on Taiwan’s Representative in Washington

Hsiao Bi-khim and two pro-independence organizations have been barred from visiting the mainland and prohibited from doing business with companies there

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Stand united on Taiwan: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy does in right in leading bipartisan meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who doesn’t always speak for America, did so with moral clarity when he met visiting Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen this week along with a bipartisan group including the House’s No. 3 Democrat, Pete Aguilar, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, and praised “a successful democracy, thriving…

Reuters

Taiwan faces choice of 'peace and war', ex-president says after China trip

Tension with China has escalated under Taiwan's government and the island will in future have to choose between "peace and war", former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Friday at the end of a landmark visit to China.

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China Sends Warships, Aircraft near Taiwan for Second Day in Response to US Meeting

China sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day on Friday, Taipei said, after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Three Chinese warships sailed in waters surrounding the self-ruled island, while a fighter jet and an anti-submarine helicopter also crossed the…

Bangkok Post

China sanctions US and Taiwanese individuals and groups over Tsai visit

China has retaliated with sanctions against two US bodies and their senior executives who hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during her stay in the United States, with Beijing claiming the Americans provided platforms and facilities for “Taiwan independence”.

Reuters

Senior US lawmaker says doing everything possible to speed up Taiwan arms deliveries

A senior U.S. lawmaker said on Friday he was doing everything possible to speed up the delivery of weapons to Taiwan, suggesting other countries that have the arms could sell them onto the island with U.S. government permission.

AFP

China sends warships and aircraft around Taiwan for second day

Taipei (AFP) - China sent warships and aircraft near Taiwan for a second day on Friday and said the island remains its "inseparable part", after President Tsai Ing-wen angered Beijing by meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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